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Feminist group sues Miss France over selection criteria

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Paris, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):A leading feminist organisation in France said Monday it was suing the promoters of the Miss France beauty contest in a labour court, alleging they used discriminatory criteria to select participants. The “Osez le feminisme” (Dare to be a Feminist) group, along […]

BZU teacher honoured with doctor of Philosophy degree

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MULTAN, Oct 17 (APP):Bahaddin Zakariaya University (BZU) teacher Riffat Iqbal was honoured to obtain Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the University of Karachi. Dr Riffat Iqbal, an Assistant Professor at Department of Philosophy BZU, completed her doctorate degree recently. Her doctoral dissertation was on […]

Highest unemployment rate of 21.6% recorded in IIOJ&K: JKPCC

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) has said that the highest unemployment rate of 21.6 percent recorded in the territory, while India’s latest hunger index has shown the failure of the Modi government‘s economic policies. […]

Oman, PNG centre stage as T20 World Cup gets underway

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Muscat, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Oman and Papua New Guinea open the Twenty 20 World Cup on Sunday in the unlikely surroundings of Al Amerat where the global showpiece gets underway after being chased out of India by Covid-19. The seventh World Cup begins with a double-header […]

New Japan PM sends offering to controversial Yasukuni shrine

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Tokyo, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Japan’s new prime minister on Sunday sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that honours the war dead but is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo’s past militarism. Fumio Kishida sent the “masakaki” tree offering under his […]

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